When asked to comment about the state of Arsenal’s veteran midfielder, boss Arsene Wenger gave this comment:

“It’s too early. The only thing we know is that it’s a bad muscular injury that will keep him out for a long time. We are all shocked and he is the most shocked and we have to patient and hope that it is not his last game.”

The Midfielder will be sorely missed if he has indeed put on the Arsenal shirt for the final time. Here are some of his finest moments in an Arsenal shirt: